European Union is continuing to assist the efforts of the Office for Prevention and Fight against of Money Laundering in aligning the Republic of Moldova to European standards in the area of anti-money laundering, combating terrorist financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

In January the European Commission appointed Mr. Oscar Rivera Rivera as a High-Level Adviser in the anti-money laundering and asset recovery areas.

Mr. Rivera has been delegated in the premises of the Office for Prevention and Fight against of Money Laundering in order to be involved in all important process of edification of a robust and efficient AML/CFT system based on EU standards.

It should be mentioned that Mr Rivera has worked for nine years at the Spanish Treasury on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in Madrid and as a Seconded National Expert on AML/CFT in the European Commission in Brussels. He has also Master degree and solid legal and economic background.

The Office for Prevention and Fight against of Money Laundering expresses the gratitude to the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Moldova for considerable support obtained since 2016 via the EU High Level Advisor Mission, which has a tangible impact in the AML/CFT area.